Alexei J. Berteig, a LEGO hobbyist, had meant to create a simple LEGO-shooting elastic gun. But he ended up turning the project into a 300-hour one, for a semi-automatic pump-action crossbow.
The crossbow holds 4 standard LEGO bricks in the handle and 1 in the firing chamber. As the crossbow arms draw back and fire the LEGO brick in the chamber, a new brick from the handle is automatically loaded into the chamber, ready for fire.
Given that LEGO bricks are far from being aerodynamic, the crossbow still manages to fire each up to a decent 20 yards. And quoting Alexei, the firing power can pretty much hurt a house pet.
Thanks Alexei, for showing us that LEGO aren’t limited to air-conditioners and pinball machine, and that weapons are entirely possible as well.
May 4th, 2006 at 12:31 am
dude, can you post an instruction manual on how to make one of those babies, it looks f*cking awesome =D
May 4th, 2006 at 3:10 am
Dude! The creator of the crossbow didn’t write this article, and will likely never read it – nor your comment!
May 11th, 2006 at 1:17 am
Dude, that’s rad.
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January 16th, 2007 at 2:55 am
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